OCEAN CITY — Collective bargaining with binding interest arbitration for the resort’s firefighter-paramedics union is back on the table this week after the Board of Elections confirmed the petition met the required number of valid signatures.On Tuesday, the Board of Elections announced through a letter to the Mayor and Council that the Career Firefighter Paramedics… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Daughters Of The American Revolution Plant Japanese Red Maple On Costen House Museum Grounds
The General Levin Winder Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently planted a Japanese red maple on the grounds of the Costen House Museum in Pocomoke City. Jacqueline Spurrier, Conservation Committee Vice Chairman, coordinated this Arbor Day beautification project in memory of deceased chapter member Marion Chambers. Pictured, from left, are Carol… Read more »
Things I Like – April 28, 2017
A completed home projectWatching kids celebrate on a sports fieldThat OC added a Boardwalk playgroundSeeing my son break wood in karateDriving on fresh blacktopSunday night at home after a weekend awayA dreary Monday every now and againSports documentariesDinners when everyone in my family eats the same thingSmithsonian magazineWhen a guess is correct
Adventures Of Fatherhood – April 28, 2017
Seeing your child struggle is never easy, but ultimately I like to think it’s a good thing over the long term.Beckett is fortunate that most things in his life — school and athletics, for example — come fairly easy to him. That’s not to say he doesn’t need to study for tests and practice with… Read more »
Wicomico Approves $91K Sheriff’s Office Expenses
SALISBURY – The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office will use more than $91,000 in unanticipated revenue to fund unforeseen facility and operational costs.In a legislative session of the Wicomico County Council last week, Capt. Tod Richardson met with councilmembers to outline how the department would allocate $91,514.95 the Sheriff’s Office received from the District of Columbia’s… Read more »
Haas Earns Top Spot On Eastern Shore And Eighth In The State During Spring Session Of Maryland Stock Market Game
Stephen Decatur High School junior Andrew Haas earned the top spot on the Eastern Shore and eighth in the state out of 565 teams in the spring session of the Maryland Stock Market Game. The Stock Market Game is an educational simulation that teaches students about the stock market, the American economic system and the… Read more »
Cops And Courts – April 28, 2017
Fighting In ChurchOCEAN CITY — Two local men were arrested on disturbing the peace charges last week following a fight over one man’s girlfriend that began in a downtown church and spilled out into the street.Last Thursday, an off-duty Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer came across one man holding another man on the ground… Read more »
Old Downtown Building Razed To Make Way For Retail, Seasonal Housing
OCEAN CITY — Demolition began this week on a decades-old building on a prominent downtown street corner, paving the way for a new building with some retail on the ground floor and a considerable amount of seasonal employee housing.Around midday on Wednesday, giant claw machines began systematically tearing away at the top floors of the… Read more »
Fifth Grade Berlin Intermediate School Students Rehearse For Annual Spring Chorus Concert
Dr. Kelly Feagan’s fifth grade at Berlin Intermediate School rehearses for the annual Spring Chorus Concert. Sixth grade chorus students have the privilege of picking out the songs that will be sang during the concert. The songs that are picked out fit in with the theme of “Perseverance,” which is the title of this year’s… Read more »
OC Elementary First Graders Learn About Ways To Keep Environment Clean And Safe
Danielle Marshall’s first grade class at Ocean City Elementary has been learning about ways to help keep the environment clean and safe. One way discussed involved recycling. In an effort to reduce the amount of trash produced, students took garbage they would have thrown away and turned it into something new that they could use.